In our July 2010 issue, the Journal of Surgical Radiology posted a column by Mr. Shahid Shah, CEO of Netspective Communications, who argued that physicians were shying away from EMRs due to a loss of efficiency. Even though companies were throwing money at what he claimed was essentially a bad design, the problem remained as these systems were more beneficial to hospital administrators than doctors, preventing fundamental change that would help efficiency.
In our August 2010 issue, Dr. Glenn Laffel corroborates this view in this guest column, noting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published several reports on EMRs which involved injury or death to the patient. Many of these reports cited a lack of EMR usability as the reason for its problems, which cause healthcare providers to dispense the wrong amounts of medication.
Even though this issue is well-known with EMR vendors, the Dr. Laffel finds that the problem still hasn’t been addressed. Why could that be?
Check out the column on the Journal of Surgical Radiology website to read the full article and Dr. Glenn Laffel’s possible solution. Also, be share your thoughts with us on our comments page.
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